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UPDATE: Costa Rican police raid law offices in connection with €8.5 million fraud investigation

OIJ spokeswoman Xinia Zamora said that the raid aimed to discover if the law firm was aware of the illicit source of money used to buy properties in Costa Rica by a Dutch businessman.

American Airlines to launch charter flights to Cuba from LA

American would become the second major U.S. airline to take advantage of loosened restriction on travel between the two longtime enemies, after JetBlue launched direct charter flights between New York and Havana last month.

Costa Rica Researchers remove plastic straw from sea turtle’s nose

A turtle researcher recently posted a video on YouTube of her colleague removing a plastic drinking straw from the nostril of an olive ridley sea turtle off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The woman has started a GoFundMe campaign to develop first aid kits for sea turtles in distress.

For Mexicans, the Donald Trump candidacy is getting scarier

The longer he floats atop the polls, the more Donald Trump has started to make people here feel a bit queasy, forcing them to contemplate whether his candidacy is really something they need to worry about.

Comcast’s NBCUniversal invests $200 million in BuzzFeed

The investment gives NBCUniversal a chance to learn from a website that is popular among younger audiences who are increasingly forgoing traditional television, causing ratings and advertising revenues to fall.

UN Reports 4 Billion More People by 2100 – What It Means

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Think the world is crowded now? You haven't seen anything yet. The world is expected to add another billion people within...

Watch as opera singer performs throughout his own brain surgery

A video, taken in June 2014, shows professional opera singer Ambrož Bajec-Lapajne singing Franz Schubert's "Gute Nacht" during his own surgery.

Teachers can’t take cellphones from students, says Costa Rican Education Ministry

Even though students aren't allowed to use cellphones and smartphones in class for personal matters, teachers are now not allowed to take phones away as punishment.

Salman Rushdie, Paul Aster and other prominent writers blast Mexican president over journalist slayings

"An attempt on the life of a journalist is an attack on society's very right to be informed."

Citigroup pays $180 million to settle hedge fund fraud case

"Advisers at these Citigroup affiliates were supposed to be looking out for investors' best interests, but falsely assured them they were making safe investments even when the funds were on the brink of disaster," said Andrew Ceresney, director for the SEC's enforcement division.

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